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Regional Newspaper Circulation 2009

Regional papers are feeling the pinch with a year on year decline in the order of 8%. But some papers are really feeling the squeeze. As a group, of those that are audited, they are back nearly 30,000 copies. The table below is a bit information overload – but it’s worth looking at the data at that level.

Jan-June ’08

Jan-June ’09

+/- ‘000

+/- %

The Anglo Celt

13,836

13,247

-589

-4%

The Argus

11,477

10,591

-886

-8%

Bray People

5,208

4,836

-372

-7%

Carlow People

4,599

4,608

9

0%

Connacht Sentinel

5,119

n/a

Connacht Tribune

24,407

n/a

The Corkman

8,017

7,504

-513

-6%

Donegal Democrat (Thurs)

12,572

11,978

-594

-5%

Donegal Democrat (Tues)

8,882

7,970

-912

-10%

Donegal News Friday

11,977

11,541

-436

-4%

Donegal News Monday

3,630

3,873

243

7%

Donegal News

15,607

15,141

-466

-3%

DonegalPost

4,977

4,257

-720

-14%

Drogheda Independent

10,020

8,801

-1,219

-12%

The Echo

9,263

7,792

-1,471

-16%

Enniscorthy Guardian

7,453

7,361

-92

-1%

Fingal Independent

5,432

4,776

-656

-12%

Foinse

4,359

3,746

-613

-14%

Inish Times

6,070

5,486

-584

-10%

The Kerryman

25,089

22,797

-2,292

-9%

Kilkenny People

15,526

14,393

-1,133

-7%

Leinster & Offaly Express

15,457

14,186

-1,271

-8%

Leinster Leader

11,969

10,277

-1,692

-14%

Leitrim Observer

8,064

7,616

-448

-6%

Leitrim Post

4,245

4,245

Limerick Leader (Weekend)

21,102

19,034

-2,068

-10%

Longford Leader

9,079

8,749

-330

-4%

The Mayo News

10,511

10,229

-282

-3%

Meath Chronicle

15,249

13,294

-1,955

-13%

Midland Tribune (Series)

10,136

n/a

Munster Express

10,005

8,279

-1,726

-17%

Nationalist & Munster Advertiser

13,791

12,731

-1,060

-8%

Nenagh Guardian

8,237

7,906

-331

-4%

New Ross Standard

6,303

6,079

-224

-4%

Roscommon Herald

9,032

8,410

-622

-7%

Sligo Champion

11,868

10,846

-1,022

-9%

Tipperary Star

9,072

8,468

-604

-7%

The Tuam Herald

9,355

9,267

-88

-1%

Westmeath Examiner

8,897

7,656

-1,241

-14%

Wexford People

12,698

12,280

-418

-3%

Wicklow People

12,552

11,579

-973

-8%

Total

391,480

361,829

-29,651

-8%

But a closer inspection reveals an interesting nugget. Of the papers that took the brunt of the hits, nearly half the total decline, six are from Leinster. I’m not reading too much into that, but it seems a high concentration in that province.